Traveling to/from ChI
CLASS LOCATION: • Monday through Saturday – Christ Church, Babcock Room, 2138 Cedar Street (corner of Walnut Street), Berkeley, California • Sunday - Starr King School for the Ministry, 2441 Le Conte Avenue, Berkeley, California. • Please double check the day to day schedule to confirm these locations, as there are field studies and other locations that are used for classes during any given module.
PARKING: • Monday through Friday - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1501 Walnut Street (at Vine), Berkeley, CA. A low gate will be closed and appear locked, but it will be unlocked. Exit your car, open it, drive in & park, and when you exit: replace the gate to its original position. There is no time limit, but do not park over night.
Additional free unlimited parking (all approximately 3 blocks away from the Latter- Day Saints’ church parking lot): o Milvia Street north beginning at Berryman Street o Shattuck Avenue north(turns into Henry Street)beginning at Eunice Street Walnut Street north beginning at Eunice Street o Oxford Street north beginning at Eunice Street o Vine Street West beginning at Milvia Street (for 1 block only)
• Saturday and Sunday – Street parking is ok everywhere.
TRAVEL: • Oakland Airport (OAK) is the closest airport to Berkeley; San Francisco (SFO) is the second closest, and also the larger with more flights to more cities. • Public transportation from the airports to Berkeley is via a safe, reliable transit train called BART. The BART stop closest to ChI is “Downtown Berkeley” (not North Berkeley) and is 10-15 minute walk or 5-minute taxi ride away. For more information, go to: http://www.bart.gov/guide/airport/index.aspx • Door-to-Door shuttle services are plentiful as well, with reservations/prior arrangements recommended.
Last updated 5/16/2016
• Useful websites for traveling to Berkeley o www.sfgate.com/traveler/guide/eastbay/neighborhoods/ o www.tripplanner.transit.511.org
ACCOMMODATIONS: There are full service hotels, guest houses, and low cost student accommodations at seminaries and private homes in Berkeley. ChI makes no claims or guarantees about the following information. It is provided as assistance only.
Rooms at Neighboring Seminaries
1. Gibbs Guest House at Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP) (Prices for Gibbs is subject to change) PROXIMITY 5 blocks from the ChI CONTACT 510-204-0732 [email protected]; cdsp.edu/Easton-hall INFO Options: Easton – private room with private bath: $100/night Gibbs – private room with private bath: $85/night Gibbs – private room with shared bath: $65/night NOTE This location is very popular, early reservations are recommended.
2. Incarnation Monastery PROXIMITY Incarnation Monastery is located on the north side of the University campus, in the Berkeley hills. It is a ten-minute walk from the Graduate Theological Union Library, fifteen minutes from the University of California campus, and thirty minutes from the downtown Berkeley BART station. CONTACT www.incarnationmonastery.com 510-845-0601 INFO Guest rooms have a separate entrance, and a shared bath. Facilities are available for breakfast.
Private Homes
1. Home of Betsy Smith CONTACT [email protected], 510-843-1643 INFO 95 Parnassus Rd. Very quiet. $100 a night. It is a one bedroom with2 beds, with remodeled living room and dining room with fireplace, plus fully equipped kitchen, your own patio and garden and entrance through the garden. Great walking trails right outside your door.
2. Home of Laura Brown CONTACT [email protected] INFO Convenient distance to Cedar and Walnut.$300 for five nights. (Barter arrangements are welcome.) Panoramic Way is a woodsy street behind the Cal campus. The guest room has a double bed, a desk, big closet and vanity with a window onto the deck for a view. (Stairs, stairs, stairs.) Quiet is the Panoramic Way. There is privacy, laundry facilities, Cable TV in the living room, Internet, a smoking deck, and access to the kitchen etc.
3. Home of Barbara Lewis PROXIMITY North Berkeley Hills, about a 20 minute walk to The Chaplaincy Institute, or use the #67 bus. (Goes to ChI). 1021 Keith Avenue, Berkeley, 94708. CONTACT [email protected] 510-525-2515
Last updated 5/16/2016
INFO Completely furnished room, $60 per night, 5 night minimum. Wood floors, wood beam ceilings and an enclosed deck off the bedroom. A microwave oven, electric teapot and other amenities available in the room for limited light food preparation. Bath is semi- private. (Share with one other guest roomer). A nonsmoking private residence in a beautiful, quiet, safe neighborhood, close to bus lines, connections to BART and a 15 minute walk to the Gourmet Ghetto shops, restaurants and grocery stores. Also close to the Rose Gardens, Tilden Park. Street Parking is available. A nonrefundable deposit of $100 is required to reserve the room.
4. Home of Mark Estes PROXIMITY Great residential location just 1/2 block from lively Piedmont Avenue—home of numerous cafes, restaurants, library, grocery store, bus access. AC Transit bus lines nearby.About 1 mile from BART station. INFO Price: $68/night. ChI discount: $60/night classes when he is participating in module (to get ChI discount on airbnb.com, simply specify you are a ChI student/staff and the discount will be applied). All reservations and payment are handled online via airbnb.com. Sunny, quiet "treehouse" bedroom with double bed, private bath plus adjoining sitting room w/sofa and desk.Limited kitchen access. See pictures and reviews by guests: http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/62214
Alternative / B&B Accommodations
1. Homestay by the Bay CONTACT www.homestaybythebay.com Amy J. Belanger, Innkeeper 510-725-5889
2. North Berkeley Hills Homestay PROXIMITY Requires driving to get to ChI Public transport: lst bus up the hill at @8:30 PM, Taxi is @ $10.00, Bus #7 is 10 minutes to the BART Station; Bus #7 is under 10 minutes to Cedar at Oxford CONTACT Terry Mandel, Innkeeper [email protected] www.hillshomestay.com 510-910-0086 INFO Peaceful short-term stays in an art-filled sanctuary with Bay view.
3. North Berkeley Bed and Breakfast Cottage PROXIMITY 1517 Milvia St. between Cedar & Vine 5-10 minute walk from ChI, $130/night CONTACT 510-647-9059 www.bbonline.com/ca/northberkeley/
4. Air BnB -www.airbnb.com/
5. Couch Surfing -www.couchsurfing.org/
Hotels & Motels
1. The French Hotel (3 block walk to ChI office) 1538 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA http://french-hotel-berkeley.com/ 510-548-9993
2. Berkeley YMCA Hotel (10-15 min walk to ChI) 2001 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA www.ymca-cba.org/downtown-berkeley/hotel 510-848-6800 Last updated 5/16/2016
3. Downtown Berkeley Inn (15-20 min walk to ChI) 2001 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA www.downtownberkeleyinn.com 510-843-4043
4. Shattuck Plaza Hotel (10-15 min walk to ChI) 2086 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA www.hotelshattuckplaza.com 510-845-7300
5. Downtown Berkeley Inn (10-15 min walk to ChI) 2001 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 www.downtownberkeleyinn.com/ (510) 843-4043
6. Bancroft Hotel (30 min walk thru campus or bus ride/taxi to ChI) 2680 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 www.bancrofthotel.com (800) 549-1002
7. Hotel Durant (30 min walk thru campus or bus ride/taxi to ChI) 2600 Durant Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704 www.hoteldurantberkeley.com (510) 845-8981
8. La Quinta (a short bus ride/taxi/drive to ChI) 920 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94710 laquintaberkeley.com/ 510-849-1121
9. Holiday Inn Express (a short bus ride/taxi/drive to ChI) 1175 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94702 www.hiexpress.com/Berkeley 510-548-1700
10. Rose Garden Inn (a bus ride/taxi/drive to ChI) 2740 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, California 94705 http://www.rosegardeninn.com/ 510-549-2145
11. The Doubletree – Berkeley Marina (a taxi/drive to ChI) 200 Marina Boulevard, Berkeley, CA 94710 doubletree.hilton.com/Berkeley 510-548-7920
12. Travelodge (15 min walk to ChI) 1820 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94703 www.travelodge.com/Berkeley-Hotel (510) 843-4262
Last updated 5/16/2016